Time for Iowans to fight back against Big Oil

3:50 PM,
Dec. 8, 2013

Bill Northey

Written by

Bill Northey
Guest Opinion

The Obama administration's recent proposal to significantly reduce the amount of clean-burning renewable fuels that must be included in the fuel supply in 2014 is a shocking capitulation to Big Oil that threatens to significantly damage our state's economy, puts consumers at risk through higher prices at the pump and would hurt the environment.

The renewable fuels standard (RFS) was passed with strong bipartisan support to promote the development of a domestic renewable fuels industry. It requires an increasing amount of renewable fuels to be included in nation's fuel supply, and it ...